Combination pen, pencil-holder, and letter-scale.



W. D. STEWART. GOMIBINATION PEN, PENCIL HOLDER, AND LETTER SCALE.

AIfPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 9, 1907. 4

906,080. Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

M zZ/zesses:

WILLIAM D. STEWART, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CPMIBINATION PEN, PENCIL-HOLDER, AND LETTER-SCALE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 9, 1907. SerialNo. 382,960.

.Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. STEWART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, county 'of-Los Angeles, State of California,have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement in aCombination Pen, Pencil-Holder, and Letter- Scale; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to improvements in an instrument, a penciland'a pen, pencil and pen holders and? letter scales; and the obj ectsof my improvements are, to assemble in one instrument a number of tools,each of them capable of being used separately, when arranged properly,relatively to the other parts thereof; and to re-adjust and arrange intoa single instrument the different tools after the separate andindividual uses of the various parts thereof have been accomplished. V

The invention consists essentially in the construction and arrangementof the different parts, and in the adjustment of the several partsrelatively to each when in use and when not in use. I attain theseobjects by the-construction and arrangement of the parts illustratedupon the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a view in elevation of my improved instrument, two of theparts, the pencil and the eraser being in positions ready for use; Fig.2 is a sectional view of my improvement taken on the line a-a of Fig. 1looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional View of the letter scales the other parts of the instrumentsremoved, showing an envelop a portion thereof broken away being weighed;Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the pen and eraser sleeveremoved from the other parts of the instrument, showing the pen anderaser holder also in section, the eraser in section and the pen and penclamps illustrated in elevation; and Fig. 5 is a view I in cross sectiontaken on the line 5-6 of Fig. 1, looking in the directions of thearrows.

Similar reference numerals, letters and characters refer to like partsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the pencil holder, 2 indicates theletter scale holder,

the two holders 1 and 2 preferably made integral as shown upon F gs. 1and 2 of the V drawings.

The numeral 3 refers to the pencil, held in the holder 1 by frictionalcontact therewith, and the pencil holder is preferably 1 provided withan opening 4 and slot 4 extending from said opening 4 to the free end ofthe holder, which enables the holder to accommodate pencils of varioussizes.

The letter scale holder 2, is desirably made in one piece, with the saidpencil holder, and is provided with a counter sunk portion 4", upon thesurface thereof having a slot 5 therein. There is a counter sunk lip6-forming a part of the holder 2, on which the projection 7 preferably apart of the sliding block 8, is adapted to move against the tension ofthe spring 9, surrounding the letter-hook rod 10 secured at one end tothe block 8 within the holder 2; The free end of the rod 10 extendsthrough the opening 11, of the scale holder 2, and is provided with ahook 12 to .pierce the envelop 20, ready to be weighed and deposited inthe mail receptacles upon {railway trains and other places.

My improved instrument for which I seek protection is signally usefuland has been found to be practical among traveling men, who use many andvarious means for writing and posting letters while traveling from placeto place.

The free end of the holder 2, is made smaller than the end of the penand eraser,

sleeve 15, and is adapted to be received therein, as shown upon Figs. 1,2, 3 and 40f the drawings.

he pen and eraser holder 16 is preferably made of one piece of material,desirably metal, as are the said pencil holder 1 and the scale holder 2,hereinbefore referred to.

'The pen 17 is removably secured 1n one end of the said pen and eraserholder 16, by means of clips 18, as shown upon Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawings.

The eraser 19, made of any suitable material, preferably of rubber; Ifasten in any suitable manner, as illustrated upon Figs. 1, 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, in the opposlte end of the pen and eraser holder 16, fromthat to which the pen 17 is removably secured.

What I claim anddesire to secure by Let:

'ters Patent is,

- 1. An improved article, the combination posite end of the sleevere-movably fastened to the scale holder.

2. An article of manufacture, the combination with a pencil holder andthe pencil frictionally secured therein, of the scale holder carryingscales, the pen and eraser sleeve having one end thereof adapted to re-'ceive therein one end of the scale holder, and

the pen and eraser holder having a pen in one end and an eraser in theother end there of, adapted to be received Within one end 15 of the penand eraser sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM D. STEWART. Witnesses 7 JAMES B. Rooms, M. C. STEWART.

